News, feature and travel writing
James gets to the heart of any wildlife conservation or environmental news story. He specialises in tackling difficult, often highly political issues such as badger culling, the management of grouse moors or the illegal wildlife trade.
He’s an experienced and skilful interviewer – part of an interview James did with David Attenborough in 2005 (where Sir David identified George Bush as his “environmental villain”) is still quoted on the broadcaster’s Wikipedia page. One of his most enjoyable jobs was to interview anti-badger culling campaigner Brian May in the back room of the George Hotel in Newent while the Queen guitarist tucked into fried camembert and salad.
James has got great contacts within most of the major UK wildlife conservation groups such as the RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts and WWF-UK, and he’s a regular irritant of the press office of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
In short, James will always deliver incisive, well-written copy with great quotes, to brief and on deadline.
Commissioning and editing
James is the editor of the membership magazine of the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), Wildlife World. He is responsible for writing or editing all of the text in the magazine and liaising with key members of staff, including the chief executive and the production editor. Wildlife World is published twice a year.
James is available to take on new editing projects.
James has an in-depth, practical and theoretical knowledge of wildlife and conservation, built over many years in the business. He is one of the most rigorous researchers I know and an outstandingly good writer.
Zlogist, conservationist, writer, photographer and wildlife guide
Report writing
James is available for writing policy and campaigning reports.
He was commissioned by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and Rewilding Britain to compile a report about blue carbon. The report was released in May 2021, and it assesses how marine ecosystems can play a role in drawing down and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and therefore contribute to the UK’s goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Copywriting
James has had a number of copywriting commissions, including a set of advertorials on Tasmania published in BBC Wildlife (available to download here). James and the team at the magazine worked closely with the client, Tourism Tasmania, to develop a series of features that ran in consecutive issues over six months, each one focusing on a different region of the island state. The idea was to highlight the best wildlife experiences throughout Tasmania and some of the amazing people who help bring them to life.
Tasmanian Odyssey
100 Great Wildlife Experiences of Britain
James D. Fair
Published in 2019
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